Vivek Mahbubani

The 8-ball Experiment

The 8-ball experiment takes the concept of an 8-ball and its false sense of reassurance and trust and twists it around to play with the human mind

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Produktbeschreibung

The main idea behind 8BE is that when people are
given information in a certain way, they learn and
accept those new ideas. This brings about a lot of
warping of ideas when they are given the wrong
information in the first place. If a person was told
from the beginning that she can walk on a bridge made
of paper without it collapsing, then without
hesitating, she may try to do so, only to find that
what was told to her was not true. After that, the
person would most probably not try to walk on a paper
bridge again. However, if she is told that one can
really walk on a paper bridge, she may ignore her own
beliefs and try to walk on a paper bridge again only
to find out too late that his/her previous beliefs
were true. Similarly, many people believe in the
answers produced by an 8-ball. Random generic
responses such as "Don't bet on it" and "My sources
say yes" can greatly affect a person's state of mind
and decision-making process, thus affecting the
outcome of a certain action taken by that person. In
a similar way, when the factors of truth a person
requires to believe something are fulfilled, she will
very often cast away previous beliefs and replace
them with new ones.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 122g
• ISBN-13: 9783639156607
• ISBN-10: 3639156609
• Artikelnr.: 26443451

Autorenporträt

Vivek Mahbubani loves looking at life with a fresh and twisted
perspective. He believes everything is connected which explains
his passion for technology, joy in drumming, silly attraction to
stand-up comedy and his awkward admiration for everything design
and the color hot pink.